Ronald J. Garan, Jr. quotes

“When we look down at the Earth from space we see this amazing, indescribably beautiful planet; it looks like a living, breathing organism. But it also, at the same time, looks extremely fragile”
-- Ronald J. Garan, Jr.

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“Started using Google+ while I was living in space.”
-- Ronald J. Garan, Jr.

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“Earth is a small town with many neighborhoods in a very big universe.”
-- Ronald J. Garan, Jr.

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“It's been a straight strip, I must tell you, I've enjoyed it all the way. If I'm saying things to make it sound like it's hard, hard work, it's not. It's beautiful work. It's fun work. It's everything you'd ever want to do.”

“Don't frown beautiful, you fascinate me.”

“Practicing meditation is just like breathing. While working we breathe, while sleeping we breathe, while sitting down we breathe... Why do we have time to breathe? Because we see the importance of the breath, we can always find time to breathe. In the same way, if we see the importance of meditation practice we will find the time to practice.”

“Anyone else feel like that? Like your life's a big act. Like you're trying to be a man when you're just a scared kid, trying to keep under control when you really want to scream, cry, or maybe hit someone. Ever feel like you're breathing underwater and you have to stop because you're gulping in too much fluid.”

“Your belief system saturates the space around you.”

“Fewer people have successfully solo-circumnavigated the globe than have journeyed into space.”

Source : Abby Sunderland, Lynn Vincent (2011). “Unsinkable: A Young Woman's Courageous Battle on the High Seas”, p.14, Thomas Nelson Inc

“The ultimate Consciousness is always present everywhere. It is beyond space and time, with not before or after. It is undeniable and obvious. So what can be said about it?”

“Thus would I double my life's fading space;For he that runs it well, runs twice his race.”

Source : Abraham Cowley, T. Sprat (1721). “Poems and other pieces published by the late Lord Bishop of Rochester; with some account of his life and writings”, p.719

“When you take a shower in space, you have to press the water onto your body to clean yourself, and then you gotta vacuum it off.”

“I always knew I was going to die in space.”